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IMPROVEMENT IN PRINTERS'- GALLEYS.

'.'LheA Scheduie referred to in these'Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that l, ALEXANDER T. DE PUY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a' new and useful Improvement in Pn'nters Galleys; and vdo hereby declare that the following is agencia] description thereof, reference beinghad to.

the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, ofwhich Figure l is a top view,

Figure 2, a side elevation,

Figure 3, anend elevation,

Figure A4, a longitudinal section, and

Figure 5, a transverse section of same.,

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a printers galley in such manner, that thegalley shall have and retain a smooth, even surface, so as to lie evenly on the press-bed or imposing-stone, for the purpose of taking proof, and when necessary for washing type thereon, will not swell, warp, or become uneven when wet with lye, or other mixtures; and

" this I accomplish by attaching to the base-plate of the galley, a square brasstube, so las to form three sides of a parallelogram. This brass tube or rib I fill .with wood, metal, or composition, and'I connect the same with the base-plate by screws, solder, or other proper means; and thus I produce a printers galley of improved construction, that will be found useful and convenient to the craft.

In the said drawings- A indicates the base-plate ofthe galley. which may be of brass or other metal.

B B B are the square brass tube, which surmounts the brass base-plate, forming three sides of a parallelogram, attached to the base-plate by screws, solder, or other proper means.

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This brass'tube is filled at the angles O C with solder, and has angle-braces, so as to render the union of the` parts solid and substantial, while the body of the tube is filled with close-fitting wood I) D, as shown in figs. 4 and 5, and the ends may be stopped with brass, soldered so as to prevent access vt0 the wood by lye or mixture, whereby a saving of valuable material is obtained, and the galley rendered substantial, not liable to getfoutof order, light-and convenient to han- As a printer, experience taught me that the printers galley, which forms an impoitantpart of the printers apparatus, was, as at present constructed, very defective, inasmuch as it composed a niet-allie baseplate, surmounted by wooden ribs, and even when the ribs had an inside facing of brass, the. wood, on being wet with lye or other mixture, became swollen, warped, and twisted out of shape, and the screws employed, became loose from corrosion, and protrudcd, so as to render taking of proof sometimes impossible.

lhes'e defects in the old style. of printers galleys, suggested t0 me the improven'lent herein set forth'.

`Having described my invention,

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,'

A printersgalley, provided wit-h tubular ribs B B,

B, filled with wood l) D, or composition, arranged and constructed as described, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this 3d day of July, 1869.

ALEXANDER T. DE PUY. Witnesses:

A. NEILL, Ali-Tuul: B. WILLIAMs. 

